Butchering Saw Options

[PraiseDiana]

This year I saved some venison shanks to try making an osso bucco recipe. According to the recipe you take the still frozen shank and slice it into disks, such that you have a disks of meat with the bone in the center. Then you tie the disks around with twine and braise/slow cook them.

My question is what kind of saw should I use to do the slicing? Stainless steel blades for my sawzall? A stainless steel hand saw? Splurge on some kind of food safe bandsaw/blades?

What kind of saw (if any) do you use for butchering?

[mowin]

Just a simple hand held meat saw.  They look like a hacksaw, but bigger.  

Edited February 28, 2023 by mowin

[crappyice]

I debone my shanks - allows for better freezer storage and make stock with the bones. 
Not helpful to you saw question but maybe helpful to avoid the saw altogether 

[Robhuntandfish]

I'm shanking it this year for sure.  Need to make osso bucco.  Seems more satisfying with the bone though I would think

[Bolt Action]

Don't use a circular saw.. from experience,  not a great idea!

[ATbuckhunter]

5 hours ago, crappyice said:

I debone my shanks - allows for better freezer storage and make stock with the bones. 
Not helpful to you saw question but maybe helpful to avoid the saw altogether 

This right here! Maybe not exactly the best flavor compared to bone in, but its a lot easier to vacuum seal.

[Otto]

I would INSIST on the bone for Osso Bucco , which literally means “bone with a hole”. Plus the marrow adds a ton of flavor and tastes good too!   

In a pinch, you could use a hacksaw.  Cut bone only, not meat.  The butcher saws work great and are not too expensive.  

[Bucksnbows]

6 hours ago, Bolt Action said:

Don't use a circular saw.. from experience,  not a great idea!

Pictures or it didn’t happen 

[PraiseDiana]

12 hours ago, Otto said:

Cut bone only, not meat.

Interesting - I was going to saw through meat and bone all in one go while it's frozen. 

[mowin]

44 minutes ago, PraiseDiana said:

Interesting - I was going to saw through meat and bone all in one go while it's frozen. 

Your going to have to use the saw if frozen, which is fine. It is a meat saw after all. 

It's easier and a cleaner cut to use a knife to cut the unfrozen meat before using the saw on the bone. 

[Otto]

Yes, if frozen you’ll have to cut the meat with the saw.